( a^P9 ) 
MntyimUckwrn eqpal to 25 qaqqes^ i of ,^^m^n Wat^r, 
fiillowing for ;h|ie Iron apd Pedeftal. , Ttliis'iAir, ' p 
from Gunpowder, I find to be a6t uattcl by; heat an d coid 
as CommoD Air : For, holding piy warm Hands upon 
the Receiver, the Mercury in the Gage would immedi- 
ately defcendjand rife again when redocd to the tempe* 
rature of the outward Air. This I repeated feveral times:^ 
withtlie hke fuccefs. What more occurs in this Experi- 
ment is, Why the Exploflons of the like quantities *>f 
Gunpowder ihould be greater, \vhen Refifted by Air^ 
than in J^cuo^ where nothing feems to hinder the Exten* 
rion of their flame. 
VIIL Georg. Jofeph. C^xmL T>€ ^lantu Philippen- 
fibus Standentib^ Jacobuni 
Pctiver/ S. % S. nuper tra^ 
106. t^Occnlm Vifcatorim LQmntkm^{t\x 0rtmt4k 
V-> Lagfm^ LaSan^ Libtan^^ Lingtangbaguin^^TaUta'' 
laroany Soma vcl Suma^ Lanta & Tuba, Univerfas J/?^//^ 
plurimis^ maximifque abundare volvulis, omnibus, qm 
adierunt, conftat : Ad quod, ut opinor, pluri- 
mum facit continua ilia, & Indijs plerumqf omnibus com- 
munis, continuo vernans, Temper florens^/f^. Hinc 
in Luzone^ Rpfa^ Matva utii^qi, Belmufcm^ Tuberofw^ Hy^' 
acinthu^ Pancratium^ Matricaria^ Gumamila^ Stramoni- 
um^ Scnonnull:^ arborum, nuUo fervato ordine aut tem- 
pore perpetuo florent. ; TS^nta^ Majorma^ Cheyri^ Beto^ 
nica^ Mentha^ Faha^ Cicer^ Brajpca^ ( arAnus BemdiSus^ 
& alia Europaa nunquam florere vifuntur 5 fed ftatu flo- 
rem laturoj, nova a radice pjcotrudunt germina, ulteriori 
iufervientia propagationi : Uinc Balimbif^y Gamia, Papaya^ 
PJM' 
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